An extensive reference list including:
Section 1. Code of practice / value base
Irish Association of Social Workers: www.iasw.ie
National Social Work Qualifications Board: www.nswqb.ie
United Nations Human Rights web-page: www.un.org/rights/
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Section 2. Organisational structure and policy
The Adoption Board/Adoption Authority of Ireland: www.adoptionboard.ie
Children Acts Advisory Board (CAAB): www.caab.ie
Childrensdatabase.ie: http://childrensdatabase.ie
Children's Rights Alliance: www.childrensrights.ie
Crisis Pregnancy Agency: www.crisispregnancy.ie
Department of Agriculture and Food: www.agriculture.gov.ie
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism: www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: www.dcenr.gov.ie
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: www.pobail.ie
Department of Defence: www.defence.ie
Department of Education and Science: www.education.ie
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment:www.entemp.ie/
Department of Finance: www.finance.gov.ie
Department of Foreign Affairs: www.foreignaffairs.gov.ie
Department of Health and Children: /www.dohc.ie
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform:www.justice.ie
Department of Social and Family Affairs: www.welfare.ie
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: www.environ.ie
Department of the Taoiseach: www.taoiseach.gov.ie
Department of Transport: www.transport.ie
Family Support Agency: www.fsa.ie
Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) (Incorporating Irish Social Services Inspectorate (ISSI)): www.hiqa.ie
Health Research Board: www.hrb.ie
Health Service Executive: www.hse.ie
Institute of Public Administration: www.ipa.ie
Irish Refugee Council: www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie
Irish State: www.gov.ie
Mental Health Commission: www.mhcirl.ie
National Disability Authority: www.nda.ie
National Economic and Social Council: www.nesc.ie
National Economic and Social Forum: www.nesf.ie
Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: www.omc.gov.ie
Office of the Ombudsman: www.ombudsman.gov.ie
Ombudsman for Children: www.oco.ie/
Public Service Information: www.citizensinformation.ie
Treoir: www.treoir.ie
UCD Geary Institute (formerly Institute for the Study of Social Change): http://geary.ucd.ie
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Section 3. Social Work Context (education, training and practice)
The Adoption Board/Adoption Authority of Ireland: www.adoptionboard.ie
Barnardos: www.barnardos.ie
Children Acts Advisory Board (CAAB): www.caab.ie
Childrensdatabase.ie: http://childrensdatabase.ie
Citizens Information Board (formerly Comhairle): www.citizensinformationboard.ie
Crisis Pregnancy Agency: www.crisispregnancy.ie
Department of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork: www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc/
Department of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Diploma in Advanced Fieldwork Practice and Supervision (Social Work): www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc/study/postgrad/swfieldwork/
Department of Defence: www.defence.ie
Department of Health and Children: www.dohc.ie
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform: www.justice.ie
Department of Political Science and Sociology, NUIG: MSW course: www.go4th.ie/socpol/msw.html
Department of Social and Family Affairs: www.welfare.ie
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: www.environ.ie
Disability Federation of Ireland: www.disability-federation.ie
Economic and Social Research Institute in Ireland (ESRI): www.esri.ie
Health Service Executive: www.hse.ie
Homeless Agency: www.homelessagency.ie
IMPACT (Public Sector Union): www.impact.ie
Irish Association of Social Workers: www.iasw.ie
Irish Prison Service: www.irishprisons.ie
Liberties Primary Care Team: www.libertiespct.ie
National Database of Voluntary Sector Research (Archive service only): www.volsec.ie
National Federation of Voluntary Bodies (Providing Services to People with Intellectual Disability): www.fedvol.ie
National Social Work Qualifications Board: www.nswqb.ie
The Probation Service:www.probation.ie
Trinity College Dublin, School of Social Work and Social Policy: www.socialwork-socialpolicy.tcd.ie/
University College Cork, School of Applied Social Studies: http://www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc/
University College Dublin, School of Applied Social Science: www.ucd.ie/appsocsc
University College Galway, Department of Political Science and Sociology: www.nuigalway.ie/soc/
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Section 4. General Information
Activelink: www.activelink.ie
Central Statistics Office: www.cso.ie
Children Acts Advisory Board (CAAB): www.caab.ie
Childrensdatabase.ie: http://childrensdatabase.ie
Córas Iompair Éireann: www.cie.ie
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism: www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie
Department of Education and Science: www.education.ie
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: www.entemp.ie
Department of Finance: www.finance.gov.ie
Department of Foreign Affairs: www.foreignaffairs.gov.ie
Department of Social and Family Affairs:www.welfare.ie
Economic and Social Research Institute: www.esri.ie
European Union: http://europa.eu/
Fáilte Ireland website re learning English in Ireland: http://www.failteireland.ie/Business-Supports/Tourism-Sector-Development/Activities/English-Language-Learning
Gael Linn: www.gael-linn.ie
Immigrant Council of Ireland: www.immigrantcouncil.ie
Irish Association of Social Workers: www.iasw.ie
Irish Business and Employers Confederation: www.ibec.ie
Irish Examiner: www.irishexaminer.com
Irish Independent: http://www.independent.ie/
Irish Revenue: www.revenue.ie
Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/
Jobs Ireland: www.jobsireland.ie Also: www.irishjobs.ie
Luas: www.luas.ie
Office for Social Inclusion: www.socialinclusion.ie/
Public Service Information: www.citizensinformation.ie
National Transport Authority: http://www.nationaltransport.ie/
Reception and Integration Agency: www.ria.gov.ie
StatCentral.ie: http://www.statcentral.ie/
Údarás na Gaeltachta: www.udaras.ie
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Section 5. Legislation
Acts of the Oireachtas: www.acts.ie
Attorney General: www.attorneygeneral.ie
British and Irish Legal Information Institute: www.bailii.org
Children Acts Advisory Board (CAAB): www.caab.ie
Department of Education and Science: www.education.ie
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform: www.justice.ie
Department of Social and Family Affairs: www.welfare.ie
Equality Authority: www.equality.ie
Freedom of Information Central Policy Unit: www.foi.gov.ie
Houses of the Oireachtas: www.oireachtas.ie
Irish Courts Service: www.courts.ie
Irish Legal Information Initiative: www.ucc.ie/law/irlii/index.php
Irish Law Site: www.irishlaw.org
Irish Statute Book: www.irishstatutebook.ie
Mental Health Commission: www.mhcirl.ie
National Disability Authority: www.nda.ie
Office of the Information Commissioner: www.oic.gov.ie
Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner: www.orac.ie
The Probation Service: www.probation.ie
Reception and Integration Agency: /www.ria.gov.ie
Refugee Appeals Tribunal: www.refappeal.ie/
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European and International
Council of Europe: www.coe.int
European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu
European Commission Citizens Signpost Service: http://ec.europa.eu/citizensrights/index.htm
European Union: http://europa.eu/
International Association of Schools of Social Work: www.iassw-aiets.org
International Federation of Social Workers: www.ifsw.org
United Nations: www.un.org
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Cross-border
Centre for Cross-Border Studies: www.qub.ac.uk/ccbs/
Co-operation and Working Together: www.cawt.com
Institute for British-Irish Studies: www.ucd.ie/~ibis/
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